March Madness Articles - Page 25

Drake basketball head coach Ben McCollum confidently praised his team in the postgame of the 67-57 win over Missouri. The Bulldogs continued their stellar play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to pull what did not look like an upset against the sixth-seeded Tigers. This was the program’s first victory in The Big […]

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino got honest on the upcoming second-round matchup against John Calipari and Arkansas. The Red Storm were in vintage form on Thursday against Omaha, getting off to their usual slow start in the first half and looking like the best team in the country in the second half. In […]

New Indiana head coach Darian DeVries turned Drake into a powerhouse, leading the team to a 150-55 record from 2018-24 and three NCAA Tournament appearances. Ben McCollum arrived following a sensational 15-year run with Division II’s Northwest Missouri State and picked up where DeVries left off, guiding the Bulldogs to a program-record 30 wins this […]

BYU basketball head coach Kevin Young got honest about coaching in the NCAA Tournament after his team’s 80-71 takedown of VCU. It was a feel-good performance for the Cougars, with program legend Jimmer Fredette in attendance. While much of the public was picking the Rams to pull the upset, Kevin Young’s team never really looked in […]

Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Niele Ivey is leaning on the team’s end-of-the-regular season losses and struggles as a teaching tool as the No. 3 seed Fighting Irish prepare to begin the NCAA Tournament on Friday against 14th-seeded Stephen F. Austin. The Irish (26-5) lost three of their final five games to close the regular […]

Arkansas basketball is tying to recreate its past dominance under John Calipari. The first-time Razorbacks head coach, though, endured multiple up-and-downs in season one at Fayetteville. Including entering March Madness as a bubble team. “Coach Cal” and the Razorbacks snuck inside the tournament with a 20-13 mark. Calipari later delivered a wise message to Arkansas […]

Duke basketball got a confident NCAA Tournament take from sports pundit Skip Bayless. The Blue Devils head into The Big Dance as one of the favorites, as head coach Jon Scheyer has his best team in Durham so far. But there has been drama circling this group recently over the health status of superstar forward […]

KJ Adams wound up playing his final game for Kansas basketball on Thursday night, and it ended in devastating fashion. The 6-foot-7 forward suffered a non-contact injury in an NCAA Tournament Round of 64 matchup versus Arkansas and immediately grabbed his Achilles area. He was helped off the floor and exited to the locker room, […]

VCU basketball is now watching the future of Ryan Odom unfold. The Rams fell to BYU 80-71 Thursday to open March Madness. Now many across the college basketball universe, including VCU, are wondering what becomes of the head coach. Odom has risen as a popular name across the coaching landscape. The 50-year-old addressed his pending […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James erupted with a “hell yeah” post on Thursday during March Madness. James wasn’t reacting to any significant moments during the NCAA Tournament action, though. He instead reacted to one college basketball team’s big hire. James watched Iona basketball land Dan Geriot as new head coach. The Lakers star is […]

The biggest upset of the NCAA Tournament so far was a sound one, as No. 12 seed McNeese State basketball dominated for nearly 40 minutes to beat No. 5 seed Clemson 69-67 in a game that was not as close as the final score indicates. Will Wade’s squad absolutely dominated Clemson in the first half, […]

McNeese State basketball head coach Will Wade went extremely viral for his reaction to the Cowboys’ stunning 69-67 upset of fifth-seeded Clemson. The scoreline does not reflect how competitive this game was. The twelfth-seeded Cowboys dominated from the jump, making the Tigers look like they didn’t belong on the same floor. Clemson scored a dismal […]

Former Notre Dame women’s basketball star Arike Ogunbowale of the WNBA’s Dallas Wings made it clear where her support lies this March, posting a photo of her NCAA Tournament bracket on social media with the Fighting Irish advancing all the way to the championship. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Thursday, Ogunbowale captioned a […]

McNeese State basketball captured the hearts of March Madness fans by stunning Clemson 69-67. The nation then watched a jovial Will Wade celebrate with the Cowboys, all while he’s reportedly leaving for North Carolina State. But Wade name-dropped Villanova in a humorous way postgame. The Big East power is searching for its own new head […]

The NCAA Tournament took a little while into Thursday to get the fireworks going, but Will Wade always brings the explosiveness. Wade’s McNeese State squad played a flawless game while No. 5 seed Clemson basketball put out one of its worst outings of the year in at the 69-67 upset for the Cowboys. The final […]

Clemson basketball made history, but not in a good way. The No. 5 seeded Tigers underperformed in the first half against the No. 15 seed McNeese State in the first round of the NCAA tournament, eventually losing. The Tigers finished the season with a 27-6 overall record and went 18-2 in ACC play. Besides those […]

The first game of the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament wasn’t kind to Louisville basketball. After the Cardinals were seeded well below what many experts thought that they should be, Creighton swiftly knocked them out with an 89-75 win in Lexington. Pat Kelsey and the Cardinals were unable to overcome the hot shooting […]

When Louisville basketball and Creighton squared off in the first round, it was bound to be a close game. However, Cardinals head coach Pat Kelsey made a move that cost his team the game. He picked up a technical foul that swung the momentum of the game in the Blue Jays favor. As a result, […]

McNeese State basketball is the first mid-major to shake up the 2025 March Madness games. The Cowboys turned to a relentless transition attack then fiery defense to hold off Clemson 69-67. McNeese State first entered the contest as a massive 7.5-point underdog. Meanwhile, Clemson got predicted to face Houston in a dream Sweet 16 battle. […]

One of the popular upset picks coming into the 2025 NCAA Tournament was No. 13 seed High Point to knock off No. 4 seed Purdue basketball. The high-scoring Panthers can rack it up with just about anyone, but they couldn’t quite keep pace with a sound Purdue squad in a 75-63 Boilermakers win. Despite a […]

Maryland basketball is back in the March Madness spotlight for the second time in three seasons. Kevin Willard has the Terrapins set to make an NCAA Tournament run. Except he sounds like he could depart from Maryland afterward. Willard spoke at length about his future via Inside the Black and Gold Thursday. The 49-year-old head […]

Ahead of their first-round matchup with Clemson, McNeese State was a popular fan pick to become the next NCAA Tournament “Cinderella” basketball team. Some of that had to do with the roster Will Wade constructed, but a lot also had to do with viral student manager Amir Khan. With Khan’s popularity at an all-time high, […]

It’s no coincidence that St. John’s basketball is having its best season in 40 years now that Rick Pitino is in his second campaign with the team. The college hoops legend has experienced success at every program he’s coached, and his run with the No. 2 Red Storm (30-4, 18-2 Big East) is no exception. […]

In theory, every game in the NCAA Tournament is supposed to be played on a neutral court, but it doesn’t always work out that way. Top seeds are generally placed in regional sites that are geographically favorable. Impartial members of crowds often get behind underdogs and turn neutral site matchups into road games for favorites. And […]

High Point basketball nearly sent March Madness brackets to the shredder Thursday. Alan Huss and his crew gave Purdue all it could handle, but fell 75-63 in Providence. The private Methodist university in North Carolina entered as a massive underdog. Purdue got favored by 7.5-points. The Boilermakers, though, were facing a High Point team labeled […]

The 2025 NCAA Tournament kicked off on Thursday, with college basketball fans preparing for what should be an unpredictable month. The field appears to be somewhat wide open, but one team a lot of people like to make a run during March Madness is Auburn basketball. The Tigers earned the overall #1 seed in the […]

In the first Round of 64 game of the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Creighton has already busted brackets with its upset of Louisville. Blue Jays guard Jamiya Neal led the way in the victory, hitting a milestone that has not been touched since Dwyane Wade accomplished it with Marquette in 2003. In the win, […]

As Iowa State basketball is set to face Lipscomb in their NCAA tournament opener, they’ll also be getting one of their key contributors back, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. “Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey (groin) has returned to practice and fully intends to play in Friday’s NCAA Tournament game against Lipscomb, per a school […]

As Creighton basketball went against Louisville in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Blue Jays guard Jamiya Neal had a game of games. For the first time since 2003, he posted a career-high 27 points in the win. Also, 25+ points, 10+ rebounds, and five or more assists while shooting over 60% from the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Xavier-Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Xavier-Illinois. The Xavier Musketeers played their way into this game. They won their First Four clash with Texas on Wednesday night. They trailed by as many as 13 points and were down by 10 in […]

Unheralded and superstar basketball players alike go viral during March Madness every year. Sometimes, though, figures associated with team basketball programs that don’t ever even step foot on the hardwood become internet sensations, too. Remember Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean and her rise to stardom a few years ago? This year, it is a student manager […]

After the Iona basketball program fired Tobin Anderson, the rumor had been that New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Dan Geriot would be next in line as he was officially announced Thursday as the 16th head coach in the program’s history. While there have been departures for Iona basketball since Anderson was let go, Geriot is […]

After receiving a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Niele Ivey is preparing the Irish for the tough road ahead of them by giving them a much-needed break. “I think just having a little bit of time off, I feel like they kind of needed a mental break.” […]

Louisville basketball is facing Creighton in their NCAA Tournament opener, and things couldn’t have gone worse for them during the game. After being out since March 5, Reyne Smith returned to the floor for the tournament, but unfortunately went down with another injury and had to be helped off the floor, according to Louisville reporter […]

While the talk of McNeese basketball has been about Will Wade, their basketball manager, Amir Khan might be stealing the spotlight away from him. Before Thursday’s game against Clemson, Khan posted a photo of him in iced-out watches and chains. He was doing his best Shedeur Sanders celebration. He’s been gaining much traction since the […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Liberty-Oregon prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Liberty-Oregon. The Oregon Ducks are back in the bracket for March Madness. Dana Altman has been one of the better March coaches in the sport over time. He won with Creighton and he has won […]

In what is big news for Duke basketball, Cooper Flagg was officially activated for the team’s NCAA Tournament opener against Mount St. Mary’s. There was a lot of uncertainty about his status after he suffered an ankle injury, but it looks like he’s healthy enough to go out on the court and try to help […]

On Thursday, CBS’s coverage of March Madness began on a solemn note with a tribute to the late Greg Gumbel, the network’s former anchor for the NCAA Tournament who recently passed away due to cancer. Ernie Johnson sat in the seat Gumbel once occupied, joined by Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley. The segment […]

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Bryant-Michigan State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Bryant-Michigan State. The Michigan State Spartans are finally back in a position where a Final Four run seems like a reasonable possibility. It has been several years since Michigan State was last seeded in […]